Homelessness

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Matthew Desmond discusses his book, "Poverty, By America," with Frederick Wherry at the 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival, August 12. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress. Note: Privacy and publicity rights for individuals depicted may apply.
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Marvin Olasky
September 6, 2024
Homelessness

Dickensian Non-Fiction: Reviewing Desmond’s “Evicted”

Marvin Olasky
September 6, 2024
Homelessness
The academic who’s gained the biggest rewards for writing about homelessness is Harvard and Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond. Many reviewers loved the way Evicted reads like fiction. The comparisons with fiction raise crucial questions: How much of Evicted is fact and how much, if not exactly fiction, is interpretation? Read More ›
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Marvin Olasky
August 30, 2024
Homelessness

Adverse Childhood Experiences: The ACEs You Don’t Want to be Dealt

Marvin Olasky
August 30, 2024
Homelessness
ACEs ("adverse childhood experiences") go wild: ACEs such as suffering abuse or neglect, witnessing violence in the home or community, or having a family member attempt or die by suicide, undermine senses of safety and stability. Many U.S. adults experience at least one type of ACE. Most homeless adults hold in their hands at least four ACEs. Read More ›
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Schoolgirl choosing book in school library. Smart girl selecting books. Learning from books. School education. Benefits of everyday reading. Child curiosity. Back to school
Marvin Olasky
August 23, 2024
Homelessness

A Peruse Through Academic Journals on the Link Between Foster Care and Homelessness

Marvin Olasky
August 23, 2024
Homelessness
As this century began, journalist Fred Barnes quoted four discouraging words found in some illustrious newspapers: "First of a series." Journalist Mickey Kaus defined the typical newspaper series as a "bloated journalistic project driven by egos and internal institutional needs." But one thing is even more discouraging than most newspaper series: a series of articles from academic journals. Read More ›
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Little waggish kid in an empty room
Marvin Olasky
August 16, 2024
Homelessness

Foster Care Children Too Often Become Homeless Adults

Marvin Olasky
August 16, 2024
Homelessness
The Safe Families dinner and Rob Henderson memoir I wrote about last month got me thinking more about "the relationship between foster care and homelessness": That's the title of a paper delivered at a 1996 conference hosted by the American Public Welfare Association and based on client files and case data from 21 homeless service organizations located in every region of the United States. Read More ›
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little girl with paper family in hands. concept of divorce, custody and child abuse
Marvin Olasky
August 9, 2024
Homelessness

How Adverse Childhood Experiences Turn into Homelessness

Marvin Olasky
August 9, 2024
Homelessness
Would you rather be rich or loved? Many of us might want to be both, but Rob Henderson, author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, understands what's most important: "For happiness, it's better to be poor and loved than rich and unloved." Read More ›
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young homeless boy crying on the bridge, poverty, city, street, negative emotion
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Marvin Olasky
August 2, 2024
Homelessness

Coming Out of Trouble

Marvin Olasky
August 2, 2024
Homelessness
Rob Henderson's Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class (Gallery Books, 2024) is well worth reading. I'll give you two reasons Henderson's life and book are not exceptional, then two reasons why they are. Read More ›